What is Your Favorite Classic Portrait?

[TCMfan25]

King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Elizabeth (Elizabeth II)...

Winston

Czar Nicolas II of Russia

Bing

Just some of my favorites.

 

[HadleyH]

Two more that I like very much, both French ...




Simone de Beauvoir

Jean Cocteau

 

[Harp]

Two more that I like very much, both French ...




Simone de Beauvoir

Madame de Beauvoir never seemed more alive-and lovely-than
when with Nelson Algren, or so it seems-

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Bob Wills

Carlos Gardel
the iconic image

 

[HadleyH]

Madame de Beauvoir never seemed more alive-and lovely-than
when with Nelson Algren, or so it seems-

yes ...and then came Sartre! [huh]

 

[Harp]

yes ...and then came Sartre! [huh]

I understand that de Beauvoir was laid to rest wearing the ring Algren gave her.
A most inexplicable and star crossed couple.

 

[HadleyH]

I understand that de Beauvoir was laid to rest wearing the ring Algren gave her.

Was she? I didn't know that!


I find this portrait of James Joyce rather striking!

 

[Harp]

Portrait of the artist as a middle-age man.

James Joyce, patrician poet, pensive and taciturn; agnostic eye
seemingly focused inward, the depth of his soul known but to himself.
Marvelous capture of both the man and the moment.

 

[Tomasso]

 

[Tomasso]

 

[rue]

That's a fantastic portrait of Capote. I've never seen it before.

 

[Harp]

yes ...and then came Sartre! [huh]

Ante et post Algren, ad quid causa ea deligo Sartre?

 

[HadleyH]

Ante et post Algren, ad quid causa ea deligo Sartre?

let's see, I understand "ante et post Algren" but I don't understand the rest! Could you translate please?

 

[Harp]

"to what reason she chose Sartre?"
I once met Algren while at university and he fielded all questions,
including his relationship with de Beauvoir. She was the love of his life,
and I presume Algren remained in Simone's heart.

 

[HadleyH]

"to what reason she chose Sartre?"
I once met Algren while at university and he fielded all questions,
including his relationship with de Beauvoir. She was the love of his life,
and I presume Algren remained in Simone's heart.

I understand now! Thank you Harp!!!

 

[Harp]

avec plazir belle.

 

[TCMfan25]

Capote scares me...

 

[olive bleu]

I have been captivated by pictures of the young Queen Elizabeth since i was a little girl. At first, the fascination was because i believed she looked so much like my own Mother. And i loved her because my Mother loved her. She told me the story over and over of her coronation, which took place at a time when Newfoundland, where i was born, was still a British colony. Over her life, she has exemplified grace and dedication and an unfaltering sense of duty. I still love my Queen today, but it is the photos of her as a young woman and mother that i love the most.

 

[C-dot]

I love the Queen too - I think we all have a special place in our hearts for her This one is my favourite, her and those Corgis!

 

[Gregg Axley]

[/IMG]I love this photo, which got me started on the breed of Bedlington Terriers.